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This section includes 1222 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Verbal Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
Survival of mankind itself is in danger due to __________ of atomic weapons. |
| A. | perpetuation |
| B. | regularisation |
| C. | provocation |
| D. | proliferation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 202. |
India has the __________ of high saving and low growth rates. |
| A. | irony |
| B. | similarity |
| C. | difference |
| D. | paradox |
| Answer» E. | |
| 203. |
A five-year-old boy was___________ from his school on Monday last by his servant for a ransom of Rs 8, 000. |
| A. | driven |
| B. | arrested |
| C. | escorted |
| D. | kidnapped |
| Answer» E. | |
| 204. |
He has already made up his mind on this issue. Now it is_________ to argue with him. |
| A. | sympathetic |
| B. | vague |
| C. | futile |
| D. | contradictory |
| Answer» D. contradictory | |
| 205. |
Her uncle died in a car accident. He was quite rich. She suddenly _________ all her uncle s money. |
| A. | succeeded |
| B. | caught |
| C. | gave |
| D. | inherited |
| Answer» E. | |
| 206. |
I am fully ________________ the problems facing the industry. |
| A. | alive with |
| B. | alive to |
| C. | alive for |
| D. | alive on |
| Answer» C. alive for | |
| 207. |
His most striking _____________ is the enthusiasm which he brings to everything he does. |
| A. | factor |
| B. | attitude |
| C. | characteristic |
| D. | character |
| Answer» D. character | |
| 208. |
In your search results, you will see a host of articles __________ that in up to 70 percent or 80 percent of cases, mergers __________ value rather than build it. |
| A. | Claiming, enhance |
| B. | Contending, dilute |
| C. | Writing, augment |
| D. | Arguing, heel |
| Answer» C. Writing, augment | |
| 209. |
Success comes to those who are vigilant not to permit______ from the chosen path. |
| A. | distraction |
| B. | deviation |
| C. | alienation |
| D. | diversion |
| Answer» C. alienation | |
| 210. |
_____ between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society. |
| A. | co-ordination |
| B. | competition |
| C. | friction |
| D. | association |
| Answer» D. association | |
| 211. |
Undoubtedly, English is the most___spoken language in the world today. |
| A. | elaborately |
| B. | greatly |
| C. | widely |
| D. | broadly |
| Answer» D. broadly | |
| 212. |
The unprecedented rise in the price of gold in India, contrary to the_________elsewhere in the world, is baffling the experts. |
| A. | outlook |
| B. | trend |
| C. | cost |
| D. | pattern |
| Answer» C. cost | |
| 213. |
The battalion operating from the mountain was able to tie ___________ three enemy divisions. |
| A. | up |
| B. | down |
| C. | on |
| D. | with |
| Answer» C. on | |
| 214. |
A great literary or artistic work is known as __________ . |
| A. | par excellence |
| B. | bete noire |
| C. | peccadillo |
| D. | magnum opus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 215. |
Since the British were masters of the seas, no ________ power could venture into Indian waters under British rule. |
| A. | territorial |
| B. | continental |
| C. | maritime |
| D. | geo-political |
| Answer» D. geo-political | |
| 216. |
One dark night a Darvesh |
| A. | wasn t |
| B. | happened to be |
| C. | discovered in |
| D. | found to |
| Answer» C. discovered in | |
| 217. |
The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to ___________ the flames. |
| A. | cover |
| B. | kill |
| C. | burn out |
| D. | fizz out |
| Answer» C. burn out | |
| 218. |
I have not seen her .......six months |
| A. | since |
| B. | for |
| C. | from |
| D. | off |
| Answer» C. from | |
| 219. |
The mangoes are now ...... enough to be picked. |
| A. | ready |
| B. | mature |
| C. | ripe |
| D. | advanced |
| Answer» D. advanced | |
| 220. |
With most analysts _________ that the world economy will continue to slow, investors are searching for new __________ of growth. |
| A. | Prophesying, fenders |
| B. | Forecasting, source |
| C. | Saying, reasons |
| D. | Predicting, loss |
| Answer» C. Saying, reasons | |
| 221. |
It may be true that Apple is so profitable that it coins money, in the ______ sense but it does not do in the _________ sense, and the U.S government does. |
| A. | Magical, virtual |
| B. | Literal, real |
| C. | Real, unreal |
| D. | Metaphorical, literal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 222. |
That dramatic price rise--- and a letter Amazon wrote to regulators 2 months earlier -- led the Justice Department to _________ Apple and five publishing houses for horizontal price fixing in _________ of the Sherman Act. |
| A. | Aue, violation |
| B. | Declare, abidance |
| C. | Declare, conviction |
| D. | Insist, accordance |
| Answer» B. Declare, abidance | |
| 223. |
The prisoner showed no _________ for his crimes. |
| A. | hatred |
| B. | obstinacy |
| C. | remorse |
| D. | anger |
| Answer» D. anger | |
| 224. |
The Romans were _________ science. |
| A. | bad in |
| B. | bad to |
| C. | bad for |
| D. | bad at |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
Despite his _____ he had to suffer. |
| A. | punishment |
| B. | fault |
| C. | negligence |
| D. | innocence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 226. |
In a ___________ tone, the leader made a powerful ___________ to the mob. |
| A. | realistic, zeal |
| B. | lower, conviction |
| C. | loud, argument |
| D. | soft, appeal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 227. |
The organization takes its cue from the person on the top. I always told our business leaders their personal ___________ determined their organization s ___________. |
| A. | serendipity, faux pas |
| B. | predilection, despair |
| C. | intensity, success |
| D. | oddity, conformity |
| Answer» D. oddity, conformity | |
| 228. |
The varsity s poll process for ___________ of new candidates has ___________ poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date. |
| A. | entrusting, seen |
| B. | registration, evoked |
| C. | entrance, made |
| D. | admission, made |
| Answer» C. entrance, made | |
| 229. |
The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously. |
| A. | lacuna, dealt |
| B. | issue, addressed |
| C. | system, broken |
| D. | continuation, suppressed |
| Answer» C. system, broken | |
| 230. |
Few professions can ___________ the sheer variety and constant ___________ of being a doctor. |
| A. | like, struggle |
| B. | share, enthusiast |
| C. | match, challenge |
| D. | draw, work-load |
| Answer» D. draw, work-load | |
| 231. |
The ___________ of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ___________ the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real. |
| A. | temptation, reviled |
| B. | understanding, menaced |
| C. | impact, underestimated |
| D. | dilemma, plagued |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
China is a big country, in area it is bigger than any other country __________ Russia. |
| A. | accept |
| B. | except |
| C. | expect |
| D. | acce |
| Answer» C. expect | |
| 233. |
On the ______ occasion of Laxmi Puja the Mathurs bought a new car. |
| A. | officious |
| B. | auspicious |
| C. | fortuitous |
| D. | prosperous |
| Answer» C. fortuitous | |
| 234. |
Precautions are to be taken with any one who seems ______. |
| A. | contagious |
| B. | infectious |
| C. | diseased |
| D. | defiled |
| Answer» C. diseased | |
| 235. |
Mohan s career has taken some __________ twists and turns. |
| A. | incentive |
| B. | interesting |
| C. | interactive |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. interactive | |
| 236. |
It is raining __________. Do not go out. |
| A. | heavily |
| B. | fast |
| C. | soundly |
| D. | strongly |
| Answer» B. fast | |
| 237. |
Rajesh s car wasn t __________ Ramesh s, so we were too exhausted by the time we reached home. |
| A. | such comfortable |
| B. | as comfortable as |
| C. | comfortable enough |
| D. | so comfortable that |
| Answer» C. comfortable enough | |
| 238. |
Let us quickly __________. |
| A. | muddle |
| B. | huddle |
| C. | hurdle |
| D. | puddle |
| Answer» C. hurdle | |
| 239. |
Can you please _____________ my web site just before I publish it? |
| A. | find out |
| B. | go through |
| C. | set out |
| D. | look up |
| Answer» C. set out | |
| 240. |
The masks worn by the men helped them _______their identity. |
| A. | conceal |
| B. | congeal |
| C. | masquerade |
| D. | cheat |
| Answer» B. congeal | |
| 241. |
She was remarkably __________ in singing and dancing. |
| A. | accomplished |
| B. | conducive |
| C. | fluctuating |
| D. | cooperative |
| Answer» B. conducive | |
| 242. |
Take this medicine regularly and you will get rid __________ this disease. |
| A. | at |
| B. | from |
| C. | of |
| D. | over |
| Answer» D. over | |
| 243. |
When she retired, she handed __________ the charge to the Vice-President. |
| A. | over |
| B. | out |
| C. | across |
| D. | off |
| Answer» B. out | |
| 244. |
Regular exercise is conducive _____________ heath. |
| A. | in |
| B. | to |
| C. | for |
| D. | of |
| Answer» C. for | |
| 245. |
There are not solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is ______ other forms. |
| A. | dependent on |
| B. | parallel to |
| C. | overshadowed by |
| D. | segregated from |
| Answer» B. parallel to | |
| 246. |
In spite of her other_____, Kasthuri still managed to find time for her hobbies. |
| A. | occupations |
| B. | preoccupations |
| C. | predilections |
| D. | business |
| Answer» C. predilections | |
| 247. |
The official____ the Chief Minister of the situation in the town. |
| A. | apprised |
| B. | informed |
| C. | appraised |
| D. | asked |
| Answer» B. informed | |
| 248. |
The last __________ were performed before the body was cremated. |
| A. | rites |
| B. | writes |
| C. | rights |
| D. | withers |
| Answer» B. writes | |
| 249. |
Happiness consists in being _________what we have. |
| A. | contented to |
| B. | contented with |
| C. | contented for |
| D. | contented in |
| Answer» C. contented for | |
| 250. |
In these bleak and depressing times of ___________ prices, non-performing governments and ___________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about |
| A. | escalating, increasing |
| B. | spiralling, booming |
| C. | spiralling, soaring |
| D. | ascending, debilitating |
| Answer» D. ascending, debilitating | |